About Me
Arne was raised in Ghent, Belgium. During high school, he developed a strong scientific interest and graduated with great distinction in the Latin-Scientific section. He studied Medicine at Ghent University where he continued to develop his passion for understanding and improving patient care through a scientific approach. After receiving his bachelor’s degree, he matriculated in a biomedical engineering program at the Trinity University College, Dublin, Ireland, which confirmed his decision to pursue biomechanical orthopaedic research in combination with his clinical studies. He completed his master’s thesis on molecular components associated with shear forces in Achilles tendinopathy under mentorship of Prof. Forsyth. His work was awarded best medical scription in the year 2015-2016.
He continued to improve his laboratory skills and collaborated on cartilage lesions during his Erasmus program under mentorship of Prof. Jagodzinski at theorthopaedic research lab of Hannover, Germany.
He graduated from medical school in 2016 and began training as an orthopaedic resident with an interest in foot and ankle surgery. After two years as a clinician, he obtained a research grant to combine his clinical studies with a PhD program in the biomechanical lab of Prof Victor and VIB inflammatory lab of Prof Elewaut at the University of Ghent. During this time, he also collaborated with Prof Jonckers in the biomechanical lab of Leuven University and Prof Leardini in the biomechanical lab of The Rizzoli institute, Italy. His main research focus is now on hindfoot pathologies and weightbearing CT. He was also involved in founding the Weightbearing CT International Study Group, of which he is currently the secretary.
Arne is honoredfor the opportunity to be a Research Fellow at University of Utah in the Harold K Dunn Orthopaedic research lab, as this lab is strong in the areas of hindfoot disorders, weightbearing CT, 3D modelling/shape model analysis, and arthrokinematics.
Supervised by Professor Barg and Professor Saltzman on all clinical projects and by Prof Anderson and his team on all 3D computed engineering projects, he is convinced working alongside such experts will contribute to his ambition of building a clinical practice founded on a strong scientific background. Outside of work, he enjoys the impressive Utah outdoors by running, hiking, and biking.